NAME DATE Guided Reading
CLASS netw rks
The Jackson Era
Lesson 1 Jacksonian Democracy
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What are the characteristics
of a leader?
New Parties Emerge
Answering Questions As you read the lesson, answer the
question below.
1. Identifying Who were the presidential candidates in 1824?
2. Analyzing Why did Andrew Jackson not win the election
of 1824?
4. Making Inferences How did Adams's relationship with
Congress affect his presidency?
5. Comparing What was the main issue that divided the
National Republicans and the Democrats in 1828?
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3. Identifying Which other candidate agreed to help Adams
become president?
NAME DATE Guided Reading Cont.
CLASS netw rks
The Jackson Era
6. Describing What kind of campaign tactics were used in
the election of 1828?
7. Speculating What do you think made Jackson so popular?
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NAME DATE Guided Reading Cont.
CLASS netw rks
The Jackson Era
Jackson as President
Reading for Accuracy Use your textbook to decide if a
statement is true or false. Write T or F in the blank. If a
statement is false, rewrite it to make it true.
8. People disliked Jackson because he seemed too
common and ordinary to be president.
9. Jackson believed in democracy and equality for
all Americans.
10. By 1828, many of the states allowed voters, not
the state legislators, to choose presidential
electors.
11. The caucus system of choosing candidates for
office allows more people to participate in the
selection of candidates.
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12. Jackson believed that he had the right to
replace federal workers with people who had
supported him.
NAME DATE CLASS Guided Reading Cont.
netw rks
The Jackson Era
The Tariff Debate
Listing Use the list in the box to fill in the chart to show who
supported issues of this period in history and who opposed them.
Some choices in the list will be used more than once.
Calhoun
Jackson
Southerners
Northern manufacturers
South Carolina
Congress
FOR
Issue
AGAINST
tariffs
nullification
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